Lesmar Limited
Registered name: LESMAR LIMITED
Lesmar Limited made £8.9m revenue and £417k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Lesmar Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £417k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £422k | £413k |
| Profit before tax | £557k | £582k |
| Profit after tax | £442k | £417k |
| Profit (best available) | £442k | £417k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £236k | £208k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £375k |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £208k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲14%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼66%
- Now £375k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £417k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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